A 28-year-old Oakville man is facing charges after satanic graffiti was left at four places of worship in town last week.

On Monday, June 2 satanic-based graffiti was scratched into the glass windows at a religious facility.

Two days later satanic graffiti was spray painted on a front door and on signs at the entrances of three different places of worship.

The vandalism spree caused approximately $3,000 in damages.

Police would not specify which places of worship were targeted, but believe the actions were hate-motivated.

Halton police define a hate-motivated crime as a criminal offence committed against a person and/or property, which is motivated by hate/bias or prejudice based on race, national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation or other similar factors.

On Friday, June 6, around 9 a.m., police responded to a report of a motorcyclist driving driving erratically in a west Oakville neighbourhood.

The motorcycle driver had fled the scene by the time police arrived, however, alert witnesses were quick to assist the responding officers and the suspect was located a short distance away where he was arrested without incident.

An investigation by detectives with the Oakville Criminal Investigations Bureau resulted in the suspect being charged with numerous offences.

Mazen Zehairi, 28, of Oakville faces charges including criminal harassment, two counts of mischief under $5,000, two counts of uttering threats, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, assault with a weapon, and four counts of mischief related to religious property.